Spatial Regulation of Air Toxics Hot Spots

Spatial Regulation of Air Toxics Hot Spots

Bibliographic Data

ID11680565
AuthorsRama Mohana R Turaga (0000-0002-4207-8821, corresponding author), Douglas S Noonan (0000-0003-4654-9077), Ann Bostrom (0000-0002-6399-3404)
Year2015
Volume34
Issue2
Pages298-327
Publication date2015-02-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Policy Analysis and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0276-8739 • E-ISSN: 1520-6688
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/pam.21820
OpenAlexW2137778496
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited34

This paper analyzes the potential implications, in terms of net social costs and distribution of risks and abatement costs, of a policy to address the problem of air toxics “hot spots.” The policy we analyze involves regulation of air toxics sources at increasingly finer spatial resolutions. We develop a model of a decisionmaker choosing emission standards within a net cost minimization framework. Empirical application of the model to two counties in Florida demonstrates that regulation at finer resolutions could involve trade-offs between net social costs and equitable distribution of risks and, in some settings, between individual and population risks

Business · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Environmental economics · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Population · Social cost · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities